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Confusion Over Transgender Military Service

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They better clear it up so that students know where to demonstrate. “The Defense Department has given the green light to allow transgender U.S. citizens to enlist into the armed forces, a move that flies in the face of the White House’s plan to ban all transgender individuals from the U.S. military,” Carlos Munoz reports in The Washington Times. “Transgender recruits will be allowed to enlist beginning Jan. 1 but will be subjected to a slew of physical, psychological and medical requirements before being considered for military service, Pentagon spokesman Maj. David Eastburn said Monday.”

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Malcolm A. Kline
Malcolm A. Kline is the Executive Director of Accuracy in Academia. If you would like to comment on this article, e-mail contact@academia.org.

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